Invariance and Structural Dependence: 380 (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 380) - Softcover

Odelstad, Jan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 354055260X ISBN 13: 9783540552604

Verlag: Springer, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

This is a revised version of a doctoral thesis, submitted in mimeographed fonn to the Faculty of Arts, Uppsala University, 1988. It deals with the notions of struc­ tural dependence and independence, which are used in many applications of mathe­ matics to science. For instance, a physical law states that one physical aspect is structurally dependent on one or more other aspects. Structural dependence is closely related to the mathematical idea of functional dependence. However, struc­ tural dependence is primarily thought of as a relation holding between aspects rather than between their measures. In this book, the traditional way of treating aspects within measurement theory is modified. An aspect is not viewed as a set-theoretical structure but as a function which has sets as arguments and set-theoretical structures as values. This way of regarding aspects is illustrated with an application to social choice and group deci­ sion theory. Structural dependence is connected with the idea of concomitant variations and the mathematical notion of invariance. This implies that the study of this notion has roots going back to Mill's inductive logic, to Klein's Erlangen Program for geome­ try and to Padoa's method for proving the independence of symbols in formal logic.

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This book deals with the notices of structural dependenceand independence, which are used in many applications ofmathematics to science. For instance, a physical law statesthat one physical aspect is structurally dependent on one ormore other aspects. Structural dependence is closely relatedto the mathematical idea of functional dependence. However, functional dependence expresses a kind of completedependence while structural dependence includes partialdependence. Further, structural dependence is primarilythought of as a relation holding between aspects rather thanbetween their measures. In this book, the traditional way oftreating aspects within measurement theory is modified. Anaspect is not viewed as a set-theoretical structure but as afunction which has sets as arguments and set-theoreticalstructures as values. This way of regardingaspects isillustrated with an application to social choice and groupdecision theory. Structural dependence is connected with theidea of concomitant variations and the mathematical notionof invariance. A distinction between dependence in the senseof determination and in the sense of relevance is drawn. Structural dependence both in the sense of determination andof relevance can be found in degrees from completedetermination and relevance to complete undetermination andirrelevance. The possibility of different "scales" ofdetermination and relevance is considered. One chapter ofthe book is devoted to a study of the dependence relationbetween the social ordering and the individual orderings insocial choice and group decision theory.

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• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 354055260X
• ISBN 13: 9783540552604
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 264
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